The Genius Life: Heal Your Mind, Strengthen Your Body, and Become Extraordinary (Genius Living, Book 2)

4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars | 1,224 ratings

Price: 17.32

Last update: 08-13-2024


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The author of the New York Times best-selling Genius Foods is back with a lifestyle program for resetting your brain and body to its "factory settings", to help fight fatigue, anxiety, and depression and to optimize cognitive health for a longer and healthier life.

The human body was honed under unique conditions that no longer exist. The modern world has changed dramatically since our days as hunter gatherers, and it has caused widespread anxiety, stress, and disease, leaving our brains in disrepair. But science proves that the body and brain can be healed with the intervention of lifestyle protocols that help us to regain our cognitive birthright.

In the Genius Life, Lugavere expands the Genius Foods plan, which focused on nutrition and how it affects brain health, and expands it to encompass a full lifestyle protocol. We know now that the health of our brains - including our cognitive function and emotional wellness - depend on the health of our gut, endocrine, cardiac, and nervous systems as there is a constant feedback loop between all systems. Drawing on globe-spanning research into circadian biology, psychology, dementia prevention, cognitive optimization, and exercise physiology, the Genius Life shows how to integrate healthy choices in all aspects of our daily routines: eating, exercising, sleeping, detoxing, and more to create a healthy foundation for optimal cognitive health and performance. Among Max’s groundbreaking findings, you will discover:

  • A trick that gives you the equivalent of a "marathon" workout, in 10 minutes
  • How to get the benefits of an extra one to two extra servings of veggies daily without eating them
  • The hidden everyday chemicals that could be making you fat and sick
  • How to boost melatonin levels by up to 60 percent for deeper sleep without supplements

The book features an achievable prescriptive 21-day plan for Genius Living that includes daily workouts, meal plans, and meal prep tips, and accompanied with helpful suggestions for healthy swaps and snacks.

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Top reviews from the United States

Food Shopper
5.0 out of 5 stars Optimistic
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2024
This is an encouraging book. While I do not agree with all of the recommendations I think it is worth a read. It is a positive and motivating book that encouraged action and self care.
Paige
5.0 out of 5 stars Enjoyable and information read
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2020
Max once again hits it out of the park with his new book. This is a great follow-up to his first book, beginning by building upon the dietary recommendations he described in Genius Foods and then launching into a full-blown lifestyle guide. Max uses well-cited and solid evidence in a concise way that is persuasive but not overwhelming. He manages to present a ton of useful information in a very clear and communicative way, and presents a straightforward way of incorporating his plethora of tips into your own lifestyle.

Max is fantastic at relating to his readers. There were so many times reading this book that made me think "Oh, that happens to me all the time!" or "Oh, my mom / brother / best friend could really learn from this paragraph here!" Multiple times I found myself taking a snap of a passage in the book and texting it some friend or family member. (I sent a paragraph about healthy eating and its impact on anxiety to my brother, and the next day got a picture back of his uncharacteristically healthy shopping cart!)

I appreciate that Max sticks to his beliefs regardless of critics or sponsors, but at the same time is open minded and willing to revise his opinion should the evidence indicate. For example, in his first book he recommended consuming a specific number of grams of carbs per day, but in Genius Life he updated that recommendation to take into account individual's lifestyle and personalized goals.

I've been following Max for a while, but I still feel like I learned a ton from this book, and I've already made a few easy but significant tweaks to my own life (like throwing out all those paraben containing beauty products on my shelves and buying organic strawberries.) Thank you for sharing your wisdom and experiences Max!
Joe Schmoe
5.0 out of 5 stars A great balance of technical plus easy to follow guidance
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2024
I was first introduced to Max through his podcast visit with Jordan Peterson. The back story of Max’s mother is heartbreaking but Max impressively turned his probing mind toward a relentless search for answers and in doing so, developed a very easy to follow guide (even for a dope like me) to help re-orient some key things in one’s life related nutrition, sleep, and our physical environment. So glad I grabbed this book. Looking forward to his other two.
physioman1
4.0 out of 5 stars a better way to live
Reviewed in the United States on November 23, 2023
There is a lot of great information in this book on many different factors of a healthier lifestyle.
The book provides many useful tips to improve your health.
Jacklyn
5.0 out of 5 stars Great book
Reviewed in the United States on July 27, 2024
Great author
Ayden Raymond Greene
5.0 out of 5 stars The Genius Life
Reviewed in the United States on April 4, 2020
I highly recommend, that anyone living past the year 2020, pick up this book. Max outlines the various environmental pollutants, toxins, and heavy metals that end up in our bodies and what effect they have on our wellbeing, and health-spans. The highly present plastics that contaminate our water sources, and the effect on our endocrine systems. From low testosterone levels to heightened chances of diabetes, Max explains the different mechanisms in modern life, that has sabotaged our health. Replacing quality for quantity, the industrial revolution has caused numerous side effects; like malaise, tiredness, excessive cortisol release, and most importantly endocrine disruption, a major problem for younger individuals. Again, Max has released a very palatable, easy to read book that the laymen could easily decipher and extract benefit. One of the most shocking things I read in "The Genius Life" was about noise irritation. A 10db rise in ambient noise, increases your chance of developing type two diabetes by 14%! The double edge sword of culture revealed, and a major step forward for health of our bodies, brains, and planet. Thank you Max!
Knf53
5.0 out of 5 stars excellent, easy, well organized read – a “real life” guide
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2020
Max’s Genius Life is an excellent, easy, well organized read – a “real life” guide. This is a book that will have many highlights and marked pages to refer to by the time you’re finished with it. The “putting it all together” recap at the end is most helpful. Max reminds us that it is never too late to start living a better life. One of the most important encouragements that I shared with a friend today is, “for behavioral changes to be sustained, what must precede action is a change in your core beliefs.” This gives me a much needed new insight into the idea that I “deserve to feel extraordinary, and that doing so is easy and attainable.” I am now going to focus on “switch your beliefs, check your language, be mindful of the present moment, and results will follow.” Thank you, Max, for guiding me to positive life change.
hurddogs
5.0 out of 5 stars What are you waiting for!!?!
Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2020
...your genius life hit me on a cellular level this past month when I flew home and spent possibly the best father/daughter time together in years... he ended up hospitalized - possibly at the lowest point of mental health imaginable after almost 6 years of being my Mom’s primary caregiver ... aaaaand sooo now I’m writing you again to share your podcasts, your books and interviews have allowed me to share the power of HOPE with now both my Father and my Mom!! You've inspired ME, which in turn has impacted my father, friends AND MS PE students to take ACTION & OWNERSHIP OF THEIR LIVES so that this can be the start of the BEST decade ever!!! It all comes down to brain love baby ❤️❤️... and all the other genius goodness you talk about in your books ... I’ve even registered for Emily Fletcher’s meditation course .... your final principles in Genius Life could and should actually all have chapters dedicated to them also... especially the be kind to animals ❤️❤️So incredibly grateful to have you in my universe on sooo many intense beautiful levels... your TED Talk and genius foods book are what inspired me to write you a genuine love letter from my Mom , my brain and my heart and soul almost 1 month ago to your Facebook feed, and NOT being a 'public/social media' kinda gal.... know the IMPACT your work has had on improving my relationships with my family, friends and students is priceless... HIGHLY RECOMMEND this BOOK for ANYONE looking to POUNCE on LIFE!

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